News from May 2015
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, R-Kan., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today announced the Committee will hold a business meeting to mark up and vote on bipartisan legislation reauthorizing the U.S. Grain Standards Act, which has provisions that expire in September.
By EPA Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee markup of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, will reconvene at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 21, 2015 in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power has rescheduled tomorrow’s hearing with Energy Secretary Moniz. The Secretary will now testify on June 2, 2015, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Quadrennial Energy Review and related Discussion Drafts." The hearing will also include an additional panel on the committee’s Energy Diplomacy draft, which was previously announced.as they are posted.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Change doesn’t happen on its own. It’s led by dedicated and passionate people who are championing innovative solutions to Alaska’s energy challenges. Alaska Energy Champions is a regular feature spotlighting pioneers of Alaska’s new energy frontier.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Pedro Rodriguez III, 25, of Laredo, has been ordered to federal prison for his conviction of felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Rodriguez pleaded guilty Dec. 10, 2014.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today approved seven bills aimed at improving transparency and process at the Federal Communications Commission. Today’s markup follows two hearings by the subcommittee examining these issues with members of the commission and expert witnesses.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA - Robert Dale Tasker, 44, an inmate at the Tygart Valley Regional Jail in Belington, West Virginia, was sentenced today to an additional 12 months in prison for threatening the President, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: HARRISBURG - The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Senior United States District Court Judge Sylvia H. Rambo sentenced Matthew B. Puterbaugh, age 47, of Dover, Pennsylvania today to 180 months imprisonment for production of child pornography.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: PECAN researchers will deploy instrumented aircraft, ground-based instruments, mobile radars, and weather balloons to learn what triggers these storms, how the atmosphere supports their lifecycle, and how they impact lives, property, agriculture and the water budget in the region. Meteorologists believe these targeted observations will build understanding and ultimately improve forecasts of these sometimes damaging storms.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: FRITCH, Texas - Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument will host a Star Party Saturday, May 23 beginning at 8:30 p.m. at Alibates Visitor Center.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: LAREDO, Texas - Pedro Rodriguez III, 25, of Laredo, has been ordered to federal prison for his conviction of felon in possession of a firearm, announced United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson. Rodriguez pleaded guilty Dec. 10, 2014.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Big Bend National Park, TX. -Starting on June 1, 2015, Big Bend National Park will increase entrance fees for visitors in order to fund important maintenance and improvement projects within the park.
By EPA Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee issued the following statement ahead of tomorrow’s continuation of the markup of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Health Subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that Eugene Babcock, 58, of Moro, IL, pled guilty today in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois to charges stemming from a staged bank robbery at Liberty Bank in Bethalto, Illinois, that occurred on Dec. 13, 2014. Sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 15, 2015, at 9 a.m.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Last month, Yarmuth introduced the legislation which would require disclosure of the donors behind Super PACs and 501(c)(4) organizations that are flooding the nation’s airwaves with anonymous ads.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: The Reds Meadow Road is scheduled to open on Friday, May 22th, weather permitting. Although California is in its fourth year in a severe drought, late spring storms, including those forecast for this week, may affect the opening of the road. While the road is still scheuled to open, visitors should expect that the road will not open or will re-close if winter storms prevent safe travel to the Reds Meadow Valley.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee markup of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act, will reconvene at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 21, 2015 in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: Southside CVS robbed by armed man dressed as woman.
By EPA Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: The Subcommittee on Energy and Power has rescheduled tomorrow’s hearing with Energy Secretary Moniz. The Secretary will now testify on June 2, 2015, at 10 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing is entitled, “Quadrennial Energy Review and related Discussion Drafts." The hearing will also include an additional panel on the committee’s Energy Diplomacy draft, which was previously announced.as they are posted.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2015
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Bipartisan leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee issued the following statement ahead of tomorrow’s continuation of the markup of H.R. 6, the 21st Century Cures Act. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Rep. Diana DeGette (D-CO), Health Subcommittee...
